The Wairakei Inquiry Model guides our learning and helps us to become Absolutely Brilliant Wairakei Learners.
We Think is a major component of inquiry learning. We think because we value being inquisitive.
Fables Webquest
Changing Food to Energy We are learning to "understand that our bodies are continually changing" and that "different nutritions change our bodies in various ways". You will work co-operatively through the following workshops to complete this Nutrition Inquire all about how food changes to give us energy.
Use the image links below to research your inquiry and to help achieve your learning goals
Wairere Road Safety Week. As part of our Road Safety week we will be collaboratively researching, planning and creating an entry for the New Zealand Transport Agency Competition.
There are three competitions: *Digital Journeys – developing an ebook *Pick-a-Path – the choices we make as we travel to or from school
Questioning & Planning What do you need to find out to complete this competition? What information do you need? What images are required? Where will you locate your information? Plan text, images required and other important details.
Gathering Information Use the NZTA links and the 2011 Safe Walking Web-Quest site to research the information you require.
Planning & Drafting Plan your presentation using an appropriate planning format supplied by your teacher. Visit the NZTA Website to develop the criteria for success...About the 3 competitions, & Judging criteria. Plan text, images required, sequence of information and other important details. Draft the text for your presentation. Draft your presentation with the sequences of images & text using the appropriate format supplied by your teacher. Remember to GPS, craft and improve your text.
Creating Co-operatively create your presentation using the appropriate tools. Check it against the criteria. Correct any errors & critique your work to improve it.
Evaluating Evaluate your work and... Check it against the criteria. Correct any errors & critique your work to improve it.
Sharing Share it with the Teacher and another group in the class. Work with the teacher to enter it into the NZTA competition.
Changing Matter We are learning to identify the different types of matter. We are learning how materials change from one state of matter to another.
Learn about change the state of matter.
Match definition statements to the state of matter.
Identify processes that change the state of matter.
Test your understanding of how matter changes.
Experiment with heating and cooling
View the particles in different states of matter.
Changing the state of matter of water.
Test your matter knowledge
Grouping & changing materials
Characteristics of matter
Experiment with water
Experiment with changing matter
Experiment with liquid & gas
Experiment with solids & liquids
Learn about the 3 states of matter
Learn the properties of the 3 states of matter
Remember & test your matter knowledge
Test your matter knowledge
Learn the properties of solids, liquids & gasses
A fun state of matter quiz
State of matter Millionaire game
Label the changes of matter
Vision On!
What is a Wairakei Learner? Why is it important? How can it help me with my learning and social skills?
We Communicate Effectively We communicate effectively by Reading & Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Viewing & Presenting Look at our iPhones to see each of these forms of effective communication.
Kite Inquiry
Maths Inquiry
Reciprocal Reading Tasks
Inquiry Research Challenge
Mini Kite Making Task
Exploring Different Types of Kites
Ecosystems
Weed observation guide.
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/pests/insects-diseases-weeds/types-of-weeds/#page=1
Identifying more weeds.
weeds.massey.ac.nz
Then click on "Database"
What is this bughttp://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/what-is-this-bug
Alphabetic list of bugs for further detail.http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/alphabetic-list-of-bugs
The Wairakei Inquiry Model guides our learning and
helps us to become Absolutely Brilliant Wairakei Learners.
We Think is a major
component of inquiry learning.
We think because we value
being inquisitive.
Fables Webquest
Changing Food to Energy
We are learning to "understand that our bodies are continually changing" and that
"different nutritions change our bodies in various ways".
You will work co-operatively through the following
workshops to complete this Nutrition Inquire all about
how food changes to give us energy.
Use the image links below to research your inquiry and to help achieve your learning goals
Fuel Up to Play Games
Nutritional Information and Calorie Counter
As part of our Road Safety week we will be collaboratively researching, planning and
creating an entry for the New Zealand Transport Agency Competition.
There are three competitions:
*Digital Journeys – developing an ebook
*Pick-a-Path – the choices we make as we travel to or from school
Questioning & Planning
What do you need to find out to complete this competition?
What information do you need?
What images are required?
Where will you locate your information?
Plan text, images required and other important details.
Gathering Information
Use the NZTA links and the 2011 Safe Walking Web-Quest site to research the information you require.
Planning & Drafting
Plan your presentation using an appropriate planning format supplied by your teacher.
Visit the NZTA Website to develop the criteria for success...About the 3 competitions, & Judging criteria.
Plan text, images required, sequence of information and other important details.
Draft the text for your presentation.
Draft your presentation with the sequences of images & text using the appropriate format supplied by your teacher.
Remember to GPS, craft and improve your text.
Creating
Co-operatively create your presentation using the appropriate tools.
Check it against the criteria.
Correct any errors & critique your work to improve it.
Evaluating
Evaluate your work and...
Check it against the criteria.
Correct any errors & critique your work to improve it.
Sharing
Share it with the Teacher and another group in the class.
Work with the teacher to enter it into the NZTA competition.
Other Web Sites
Road Safety Games
Education NZTA Resources
Bike Wise
Selection of Road Safety Resources
Changing Matter
We are learning to identify the different types of matter.
We are learning how materials change from one state of matter to another.
the state of matter.
to the state of matter.
change the state of matter.
of how matter changes.
heating and cooling
states of matter.
matter of water.
materials
& liquids
of matter
the 3 states of matter
matter knowledge
solids, liquids & gasses
Millionaire game
Vision On!
What is a Wairakei Learner?
Why is it important?
How can it help me with my learning and social skills?
We communicate effectively by Reading & Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Viewing & Presenting
Look at our iPhones to see each of these forms of effective communication.
Visit previous Inquiry Learning
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